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To: jla

Here is the quotation from Article 1 of the US Constitution:

No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

(that second comma is troubling)


315 posted on 12/04/2008 11:23:51 AM PST by FFranco
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To: FFranco

I am well aware of what the passage states.


400 posted on 12/04/2008 2:46:16 PM PST by jla
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To: FFranco

The second comma is a typo. It would make the first clause superfluous. Ahnold could run, and we know he can’t. Also, there were no ‘natural born’ citizens in existence until after the adoption.


644 posted on 12/05/2008 5:11:02 PM PST by calenel (The Democratic Party is a Criminal Enterprise. It is the Socialist Mafia.)
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